Ignorance worsening effects of climate change

Climate change is real, but we must not allow preventable deaths after disaster. [iStockphoto]

A mission to establish the lesser-mentioned effects of climate change earlier this year led me to a place in Nyando District, Kisumu County, where at least 50 families rendered homeless by flooding had lived in camps for at least two years.

The issues included loss of livelihoods, especially for women. Places the women got reeds to make mats they traded in had become a haven for snakes and fish, while hippos and some crawling creatures dominated places humans previously did.